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The annual London Arrhythmia Summit returns this year as an in-person event (1 April), bringing together cardiology experts from organisations across the world to discuss the latest advances in cardiology and electrophysiology, including important new studies, changes to guidelines, and innovation in arrhythmia management and treatment. Find out more

Professor Thomas Lüscher, Director of Research, Education and Development at Royal Brompton and Harefield Clinical Group: This is the first review to summarise the diverse evidence on Long COVID and provide a balanced picture of this important issue. Read more

One year on from coming together in a merger, new collaboration between Royal Brompton and St Thomas’ hospitals has enabled teams carrying out life-saving cardiac surgery to work around operational pressures and prevent delays to patient treatments. Working together, the surgical teams have now carried out several major heart operations by sharing facilities across hospitals, for patients who were originally facing delays due to a combination of operational pressures caused by the pandemic. Read more

Royal Brompton Hospital has been named a Gold Class Centre of Excellence by the International Cardio-Oncology Society. In 2011, London’s Royal Brompton Hospital set up the UK’s first dedicated specialist cardio-oncology service. The mission of the service is to improve the cardiovascular health of people before, during and after cancer treatment. This reduces the risk of cancer patients developing heart problems after treatment. Royal Brompton Hospital’s Cardio-Oncology Service is one of only six hospitals outside the US and 15 worldwide to receive GOLD status from the US-based Society, its top designation. Read more